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U.S. Forces Philippines Answer to China Bullying

9/16/2013 10:15PM

After closing down the largest U.S. overseas military base in Subic two decades ago, the Philippines wants the Americans back to defend against itself China. Andrew Browne tells Deborah Kan why the U.S. Navy isn’t as optimistic about reopening its base in Subic.

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I ... the team wants to you as military back on a stick last two decades ago ... a topic that time as well the column by The Wall Street Journal's Andy Brown ... again and the app and the Philippines I mean maybe this is as one example ... of how much the Philippines really means that the US ... to defend China's military high ambitions in the South China Sea is outright ... the Philippines is feeling incredibly believe by China ... and by the pair millet re ships of the Nile cruise in Rome ... write off its coast very close to Subic ... aam and and they want America to help defend ... ok this is I haven't had to be calm latter eight ... ten at a port destination that it had shopping there ... I how feasible is a really for the Philippines to ... change it back into and pay a base and and one that that the US I would use ... leaders in every everything is pretty much still there just is the American was left to ... the calls the cops will be enlisted man ... I've stayed have been Cres of ... the offices homes still than the rent adult novel businesspeople from the region ... after the Americans left it became a free pulled ... out of the day ended with mixed success ... a FedEx headed for a while they use this app or ... as a regional logistics center before they moved it onto I China ... and of course that the point is still there and it's magnificent is one of the greatest poets of the wall between the sides of the ... Oklahoma just go down but the TV anchor an aircraft carrier ... just just yards from shore so ... it's great that hygiene shipping is gonna shipbuilding facility there but basically this court is just hopelessly on the use of its ... okay so I guess the question to ask is the word of the US to entertain our you know the Aubree opening up of based on acts to back ... my sense was that the film that the Philippines would like the Americans to come back ... um ... tomorrow ... ah the field that ... awe of the bullied by China America's Number one does a woman thinks I mean it it has bases in Japan Korea ... as they seem long ... ah when they scrambled all move on to make the Singaporeans also dumbass is ... a naval bases buffs that you know you can enter neck Ruff carrier and the menacing or pull ... on the Philippines actually constitutionally is no more able to open up the pace of small able to offer Parliament millet re facilities ... in the country to foreign forces so that peace would be quite difficult to negotiate about the new adoption of a welcome American millet re Beltran is places will face is that once they once places where it can rotate forces through just like it's done in ... in Darwinian in Australia ... at ... any hour in this area that I'm a really didn't benefit from the I'm ... having and the U S force is out of ... their provide a lot of ... jobs to two people aam surrounding the area ... I'm How controversial would it be today I should ... the Philippines and use it as a base again and you know perhaps maybe decent joint operations up with US forces ... you'll do for you see that the Subic Bay was closed by a vote of the Philippine Senate ... ahh and this was inspired by nationalism they wanted the Americans opening it was a very popular the nationally to get a new archivist ... in this still weak ... everybody loves the American let's face it they provided some of the stalls in the country thirty thousand workers high quality jobs that were well does that look like that is ... well paid job when the Americans left ... all of these skilled workers had to scramble around for jobs elsewhere many of them of the skills of the Middle East ... and ended up working on construction projects alfresco mope around so big ... I think there is a great deal of support to bring Americans back ... okay thanks Fran much I and a bag joining us from Beijing for more on Andy's column you can get it